By EFE
The Mexican army killed 12 alleged hitmen in a confrontation in the municipality of Miguel Alemán, in the border state of Tamaulipas, according to the state government reported this Monday.
The attack occurred on Sunday afternoon, when the alleged criminals ambushed soldiers while they were carrying out security inspections.
“After security and surveillance tours in the Loma Linda neighborhood in Miguel Alemán, elements of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) were attacked by armed civilians who were hidden in the undergrowth,” indicated the Tamaulipas Security Spokesperson in a statement. brief statement.
In the events, the military also confiscated
“12 long weapons, cartridges and magazines of various calibers
,” the report concluded.
Until now, Sedena has not issued any statement and further details are unknown about the criminal group to which the alleged criminals killed belonged.
The Tamaulipas border with Texas has been one of the points of greatest disputes between organized crime and Mexican authorities over drug trafficking.
Mexico
recorded 29,675 homicides in 2023
, a drop of 4.18% annually, which represents the fourth consecutive year of decline after the most violent years in its history, 2019 and 2020, when there were more than 34,000 victims in each.